Hot take: coworking spaces are overrated for actual focus work

Last week my coworking membership in Austin ran me $350 for the month, and I got maybe 2 hours of solid writing done across 8 visits. The wifi dropped three times on Tuesday alone, and someone's Zoom call about crypto was so loud I could hear it through my noise cancelling headphones. I packed up and worked from a quiet corner of the Austin public library on Thursday for free, and I got way more done in 3 hours than the whole week at the coworking spot. Has anyone else found that coworking spaces are more about networking hype than actually getting stuff done?

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wendyk5627d ago

And the library is quieter. No one's taking sales calls next to you. Plus you can spread out all your stuff without some stranger's laptop bag on the table.

karen_roberts427d ago

Call it overrated all you want, but @wendyk56 nailed it - the library's free and quiet, so maybe the real flex is just not paying for a vibe that doesn't deliver. Seems like a lot of drama over a desk and some wifi, honestly.

abbyg6014d ago

Question whether any of this really matters, because it's just a coffee shop. People are acting like it's some kind of sacred space, but it's literally a place to drink coffee and sit. Seems like a lot of energy spent on where people choose to work.